PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, or PAST SIMPLE?

1. Can I talk to you? – No, you can’t. I _______________________ a bath.

2. She _____________________ (listen) to music every morning.
3. We ____________________ (not/like) metal music, we _____________________ (prefer) rock.
4. When he _________________ (see) the accident yesterday, he ________________ (help) the driver.
5. What ___________________ (you/do)? I ______________________ (look) for my glasses.
6. They __________________ (bring/always) present when they ___________________ (visit) us.
7. When we ____________________ (be) younger, we ___________________ (think) Prague was in
France.
8. He ___________________ (not/win) the award in 2008.
9. That’s typical! He __________________ (want) to win every time he _____________________
(participate) in a competition.
10. Why ________________________ (you/bring) that toy to school last week? – Because I
____________________ (want) to show it to my classmates.
11. Be quiet, please! My children ______________________ (try) to sleep.
12. They ______________________ (not/go) to school at weekends.
13. Why ______________________ (you/believe) him? He ____________________ (tell/never) the truth.
He ____________________ (lie/always)
14. She _____________________ (decide) to visit London last month. She _____________________
(meet) interesting people, ____________________ (see) wonderful sights, and __________________
(enjoy) herself a lot.
15. Where ______________________ (she/be)? I ________________________ (wait) for her.
16. _______________________ (they/know) that water _________________ (boil) at 100 degrees
Celsius?
17. My parents ____________________ (build) the house in 1985.
18. He _____________________ (not/marry) her because she ___________________ (break) up with
him last month.
19. Look at her! She ________________________ (sit) in the park over there. Isn’t she wonderful?
20. ________________________ (he/like) the book he _____________________ (borrow) yesterday?
PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, or PAST CONTINUOUS?

1. Yesterday my uncle ___________________ (repair) the car while I _______________________ (do)

my homework.
2. Today ______________ (be) Monday and we ___________________ (have) dinner in the dining room
now.
3. I ________________ (have) two brothers and a sister. We _________________ (have) a great fun at
the moment.
4. What _____________________ (you/do) when the accident ___________________ (happen)?
5. My elder brother ________________ (be) very intelligent. He ___________________ (want) to be a
doctor.
6. She _____________________ (have) a terrible headache right now. She ___________________ (need)
to take an aspirin.
7. A: Where _____________________ (be/your sister) born?
B: I _____________________ (not/know), to be honest.
8. When my parents _______________ (be) young, they _________________ (listen) to Rolling Stones.
9. My sister _______________ (believe) in magic. She always __________________ (try) tricks on me!
10. Every morning I ______________ (get) up at 7 o’clock and ________________ (have) my breakfast.
When I ___________________ (eat), my mom ___________________ (prepare) my lunch. When I
_______________ (finish) having breakfast, I always _______________ (take) my bike and I
_______________ (go) quickly to school. I always _________________ (arrive) late! My teacher
_______________ (not/like) this.
11. A: Hey! What ________________________ (you/do)?
B: I __________________________ (do) my homework. I ____________________ (not/want) to get
a bad grade tomorrow.
12. Once upon a time, there ____________ (be) a horrible witch. She ____________ (love) scaring
children and she _______________ (live) near a school. Every day, she ______________ (invite)
children to her house with a really scary face, but the children ________________ (not/want) to go.
13. _________________________ (you/send) an email to Bill now?
14. When the postman ___________________ (arrive), my dad ___________________ (have) a shower.
15. Every week, I __________________ (go) to the cinema.
16. I _____________________ (not/go) to work today.
17. Colin and Barbara Boyle ______________________ (not/be) born in Dublin but they
________________ (travel) there a lot of times.
18. He ______________________ (not/wear) a jacket every day.
19. We ______________________ (have) a great fun last weekend.
20. Helen ____________________ (not/want) a new job.
21. We ______________________ (not/know) him very well.
22. As a child, I ____________________ (enjoy) playing guitar.
23. She ______________________ (have/usually) breakfast at 6.30am.
24. I ______________________ (study) Italian at the moment.
25. When I _________________ (be) 10, I ___________________ (eat) sandwich every morning.
26. Why _____________________ (she/wear) that horrible hat?
27. The supermarket ___________________ (not/open) till 9.00.
28. It _______________________ (rain) in Paris this morning.
29. My car ____________________ (be) old, but it ____________________ (work) well even now.
30. _____________________ (you/be) usually this hyperactive when you __________________ (be) a kid?